Grace is defined in Nelson’s Bible Dictionary as the following:  favor or kindness shown without regard to the worth or merit of the one who receives it and in spite of what that person deserves.  Grace is one of the key attributes of God.  The Lord God is “merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abounding in [...]

My Spiritual Disciplines 

If I am understanding what Spiritual Disciplines are correctly, it can be any activity that you do to get you where you want to be with God.  For me personally, I am striving for a deep intimate relationship with Christ and live my life as close to His will and guidance as possible.  [...]

Looking back at our six streams, Holiness, Contemplative, Incarnational, Charismatic, Social Justice, and Evangelical, love definitely needs to be at the center in order to achieve the most you can in them. 

Holiness- was about having pure thoughts, words, and actions and overcoming temptation.  Love needs to be present and growing in this stream not only because [...]

Word-Centered Life

Went over the exercises and when I got to the one that asked for me to imagine my myself as one of Jesus’ brothers, I had to pick it.  This one was a little tricky because I wanted to really put myself in that situation accurately.  Now if I am understanding what the bible [...]

The Spirit Empowered Life

Galatians 5:22 is an important scripture to me and also one that I like alot because it depicts what I need to have in life everyday.  Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are attributes that I strive to have everyday.  I can honestly say that I am not [...]

My Prayer Filled Life

-I can actually say that I have been disciplining myself everyday to do most of the prayer-filled life exercises.  I set aside time every morning to pray after the morning rush of sending the kids to school (I am not a morning person, so its about two hours after I wake up that [...]

Needless to say…I need improvement in all the six streams.  This is where I feel I am at with each one:

Holiness (having pure thoughts, words, and actions, overcoming temptation)-well I can say that I am doing better than I was a year ago, but I am nowhere near I want to be.  This one I [...]